Design Direction
Do you have a challenging space or need some design guidance? Design Direction is a chance for you to submit photos or videos of your design challenge(s) and a Vastu interior designer will provide you with some help. Every Wednesday we will feature one reader’s submission.
“Designers, I need your advice. I’m expecting and it’s time to start getting the nursery together (yaaaaay!). My partner and I have decided NOT to find out the sex of the baby, so I’m having a really difficult time settling on a paint color for the walls. I know people tend to go with yellow or green colors because they’re supposed to be gender neutral, but I can’t seem to find anything in either color palette I like. Any other color suggestions?”
Jamie says…
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Candles kill bacteria?
According to researchers they do. A study done a few years ago found that candles with certain essential oils in them kill certain bacteria - E. coli and staph – on surfaces.
Researchers Lindsey Gaunt, PhD, and Sabrina Higgins of England’s University of Southampton worked on a project with John Hughes, a professor at the university’s Bioelectrostatics Research Centre. The scientists made their own essential oil candles and tested them against the two common bacteria. The scientists used essential oils such as orange, litsea and thyme. Continue Reading…
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